While I would like to see the ratings for 5D's improve, I sadly doubt that will happen even with new episodes. Even with new episodes, the ratings rarely go over a 0.8, which as other pointed out is a shame since the dub has generally improved, has a bit of a darker tone than GX did and 4Kids has been promoting the show with a ton of ads for years. I don't think it's catching on with the target audience. Though, they seem to enjoy the original DM series, despite being a much older series. I'm not even sure if Zexal will do better, especially since there's little information regarding the series in general.
I'm not sure if the original Yu-Gi-Oh! is holding the block back, especially since it has done pretty well and even better than 5D's. Plus, I have a feeling that they'll keep the DM dub on their block at least until the anniversary movie finishes its run in theaters. It would be kind of cool if they had one episode from each of the Yu-Gi-Oh! series at some point on the block to promote the movie, but I could see how that could be a bit too much Yu-Gi-Oh! for Toonzai.
These ratings look really nice. Sonic X continues to dominate the block and even though I've seen these kind of ratings for the show before, I'm still kind of surprised that kids really like seeing these reruns this much. Both Yu-Gi-Oh! DM and DBZ Kai are doing quite nicely too. As for the E/I requirement show issue, I agree with mumbo that there isn't a solution to the problem. I don't recall the 7:00AM hour having better ratings with shows like Winx Club or Gogoriki. While I wouldn't mind them airing a show like Gogoriki, even though I'm not sure if they even have the rights to it anymore, I doubt that it would help the block's ratings.
I'm not sure if the original Yu-Gi-Oh! is holding the block back, especially since it has done pretty well and even better than 5D's. Plus, I have a feeling that they'll keep the DM dub on their block at least until the anniversary movie finishes its run in theaters. It would be kind of cool if they had one episode from each of the Yu-Gi-Oh! series at some point on the block to promote the movie, but I could see how that could be a bit too much Yu-Gi-Oh! for Toonzai.
These ratings look really nice. Sonic X continues to dominate the block and even though I've seen these kind of ratings for the show before, I'm still kind of surprised that kids really like seeing these reruns this much. Both Yu-Gi-Oh! DM and DBZ Kai are doing quite nicely too. As for the E/I requirement show issue, I agree with mumbo that there isn't a solution to the problem. I don't recall the 7:00AM hour having better ratings with shows like Winx Club or Gogoriki. While I wouldn't mind them airing a show like Gogoriki, even though I'm not sure if they even have the rights to it anymore, I doubt that it would help the block's ratings.